Blade: Vampire Hunter #1

Marvel's "greatest vampire slayer" storms onto the page in this 1999 series opener, with Bart Sears delivering both pencils and inks on a cover that shows Blade roaring triumphantly amid a rain-soaked battlefield of fallen undead, purple flames, and writhing, monstrous forms at his feet. The sheer physicality of the image — Blade's massive silhouette dominating the chaos below him — sets an immediate, visceral tone for this "all-new series of undead adventures." With the story kicking off under the title "Chaos Part One: The Dead Walk," this first issue promises exactly the kind of relentless, supernatural action the cover so vividly delivers.